Police say the alleged attempt to assassinate three-time chief minister Farooq Abdullah was 20 years in the making By Danish Mohiuddin At around 10:10 on the night of March 11, the wedding at Royal Park banquet hall in Greater Kailash, Jammu, was beginning to thin into that familiar late-evening rhythm of political gatherings in NorthREAD MORE
Vast emerald meadows surround Yusmarg as sunlight spills across the rolling landscape of one of Kashmir’s most serene mountain retreats. Located around 50 kilometres from Srinagar in the Budgam district, Yusmarg is a high-altitude meadow known for its dense conifer forests, tranquil grasslands, alpine streams, and panoramic views of the Pir Panjal range. Unlike Kashmir’sREAD MORE
By Mushtaq Ahmad Dar The developments around Chief Minister Omar Abdullah this week reveal more than routine political messaging. They expose the fragile balancing act at the heart of contemporary Jammu and Kashmir: a government trying to project authority while operating without full constitutional power, and a political class still negotiating what governance means inREAD MORE
The growing confrontation between the government and Kashmir’s transporters over the expansion of Smart City bus services reflects a deeper policy concern that the administration can no longer afford to ignore: the gradual erosion of small, locally sustained livelihoods in the name of modernisation. The threat by transport unions to launch an indefinite strike fromREAD MORE